The Financial Services Authority has published a guidance consultation which sets out the FSA’s expectations of non-executive directors in delivering the appropriate management of retail conduct risk within firms.

The European Commission Directorate General Internal Market and Services has published a consultation paper on a new European regime for venture capital which aims to address the two problems that venture capital funds that intend to raise funds and invest on a cross-border basis in the EU are confr

The UK government has published its latest consultation document on regulatory reform, which includes a draft of the Financial Services Bill and explanatory notes and builds on the Government’s initial thinking set out last July and a further consultation document which followed in February 2011.

In his speech at the Lord Mayor’s dinner for bankers and merchants of the City of London, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne MP, stated that the British economy is concerned with two key issues: (i) what the right culture of regulation is; and (ii) how international rules apply and wher

The Bank of England has published Sir Mervyn King’s Mansion House speech.

The Solvency II Directive allows firms to elect to calculate their Solvency Capital Requirement by using the standard formula, an internal model or a combination of the two.

The International Organisation of Securities Commissions and the Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems have published a final report on over-the-counter derivatives data that should be collected, stored and disseminated by trade repositories.

The European Central Bank has now published a management summary which summarises the structure and content of the T2S Framework Agreement.

From 1 July 2011, the European Securities and Markets Authority was given exclusive responsibility for the registration and supervision of credit rating agencies in the EU. ESMA has published its first Annual Report on the Application of the Credit Rating Agencies Regulation.

An assessment concerning the cumulative impact of various regulatory initiatives on the European banking sector was published by the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee.